Since I was a transit-taking mood, rather than walking the 28 minutes back from the subway station to Lanhui, I hopped on one of the many busses (this one quite unusually empty) that make their way up XinJieKouWai back to the east side of BNU. The driver on the articulated busses (and until recently on all other busses, as well) concentrates only on driving, while one or two shoupiaoyuan sell tickets to riders. Ever since Beijing provided a discount for those who use the electronic transit card, though they seem to be spending most of their time reminding people to swipe their card and calling out stops, and for the busses without cameras on the back doors, telling the driver when to close the doors.
EAP China! Robert Klein.